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More is different : fifty years of condensed matter physics /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ong, N. Phuan, 1948-, Bhatt, Ravin N., 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001.
Colección:Princeton series in physics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1950 to Y2K / E. Abrahams xv
  • 1 More is Different--One More Time 1
  • / Philip W. Anderson 1
  • 2 Localization Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow 9
  • / T.V. Ramakrishnan 9
  • 2.1 Absence of Diffusion in Random Lattices 9
  • 2.1.1 Experimental Background 9
  • 2.1.2 Localization Idea 10
  • 2.1.3 Related Developments 11
  • 2.1.4 Consequences of Localization 12
  • 2.1.5 Localization as a General Feature of Disorder 13
  • 2.2 Scaling and Weak Localization 14
  • 2.2.1 Thouless Conductance 14
  • 2.2.2 Scaling Theory 15
  • 2.2.3 Weak Localization 16
  • 2.2.4 Theoretical Developments 18
  • 2.2.5 Mesoscopic Systems and Phenomena 21
  • 2.2.6 Other Excitations 21
  • 2.3 Tomorrow 23
  • 2.3.1 Glass and Spin Glass 23
  • 2.3.2 Superconductor-Insulator Transition 23
  • 2.3.3 Metal-Insulator Transition in 2D 24
  • 2.3.4 Decoherence in Disordered Conductors 25
  • 2.3.5 Localization in Manganites 27
  • 3 Metal-Insulator Transitions in Disordered Systems 33
  • / Myriam P. Sarachik 33
  • 3.1 Critical Exponent Puzzle in 3D 33
  • 3.2 Novel Phenomena in Dilute 2D Systems: New Physics or Old? 42
  • 4 Nature of Superfluid [superscript 3]He in Silica Aerogel 47
  • / D.D. Osheroff, B.I. Barker, Y. Lee 47
  • 4.2 Results of the First Study 51
  • 4.3 Results of the Second Study 54
  • 4.4 Comparison with Previous Results 59
  • 5 RVB Description of High-T[subscript c] Superconductors 63
  • / Patrick A. Lee 63
  • 5.2 Review of RVB Theory 64
  • 5.3 Projected Wavefunctions and Staggered Current Fluctuations 68
  • 6 Angle-Resolved Photoemission Results in Cuprates 75
  • / J.C. Campuzano 75
  • 6.2 Nature of the Electronic States 76
  • 6.3 Excitations at the Fermi Surface 77
  • 6.4 Quasiparticles in the Superconducting State 80
  • 6.5 New Energy Scales in the Superconducting State 82
  • 7 Spin Excitations in Copper Oxide Superconductors 91
  • / B. Keimer 91
  • 7.2 Neutron Spectroscopy Results in Cuprates 92
  • 7.3 Stripe Formation in La[subscript 2
  • x]Sr[subscript x]CuO[subscript 4] 94
  • 7.4 Magnetic Resonance Peak in Cuprates 95
  • 7.5 Origin of the Resonance Peak 97
  • 8 Anderson's Theory of High-T[subscript c] Superconductivity 103
  • / G. Baskaran 103
  • 8.2 RVB Theory of 1987 104
  • 8.3 Three Aspects of Anderson's 1987 Mechanism 110
  • 8.4 Some Comments on Anderson's Solution 112
  • 9 Quantum Confinement and Cuprate Criticality 121
  • / T. Senthil, Matthew P.A. Fisher 121
  • 9.2 Experiments 122
  • 9.3 Novel Excitations 122
  • 9.4 Z[subscript 2] Gauge Theory 123
  • 9.5 Phase Diagram 123
  • 9.6 Chargon Condensation and Superconductivity 127
  • 9.7 Quantum Confinement Critical Point 128
  • 9.8 Experimental Implications 130
  • 9.9 Comparison with Anderson's RVB State 132
  • 10 Spin-Triplet Superconductivity of Sr[subscript 2]RuO[subscript 4] 135
  • / Y. Maeno 135
  • 10.2 Quasi-2D Fermi Liquid Properties 137
  • 10.3 Spin-Triplet Superconductivity 138
  • 10.4 Anisotropy of the Superconducting Gap 141
  • 10.5 H
  • T Phase Diagram 143
  • 11 Triplet Quasi-One-Dimensional Superconductors 151
  • / S.E. Brown, M.J. Naughton, I.J. Lee, E.I. Chashechkina, P.M. Chaikin 151
  • 11.2 Early Results on P-Wave Pairing 153
  • 11.3 Dimensionality Reduction in a Magnetic Field 154
  • 11.4 Interlayer Decoupling 156
  • 11.5 Recent Experiments on Spin Pairing 161
  • 12 Magnetic Moments in Metals 173
  • / H.R. Ott 173
  • 12.2 Heavy (Slow) Electrons 177
  • 12.3 Coexistence of magnetic order and heavy electrons 180
  • 12.4 Non-Fermi-liquid features of heavy-electron metals 182
  • 12.5 Superconductivity of heavy electron metals 183
  • 13 Superconductivity and Magnetism in Heavy-Fermions 191
  • / F. Steglich 191
  • 13.2 Magnetic-exciton mediated superconductivity 194
  • 13.3 Antiferromagnetism and Superconductivity 197
  • 13.4 Heavy-Fermions Metals near a Magnetic Instability 203
  • 13.5 Outlook 206
  • 14 Mott Transition 211
  • / G. Kotliar 211
  • 14.2 Model Hamiltonian 212
  • 14.3 Mean Field Theory 214
  • 14.4 Spectral Functions of Strongly Correlated States 219
  • 14.5 Anomalous Resistivity and Spectral Weight 222
  • 14.6 Mott Transition as a Bifurcation 226
  • 14.7 Extensions of Dynamical Mean Field Methods 230
  • 15 First Steps in Glass Theory 237
  • / Marc Mezard 237
  • 15.2 Mathematics 237
  • 15.3 Experiments 238
  • 15.4 A mean-field spin-glass analogy 240
  • 15.5 A lesson from mean-field: many valleys 243
  • 15.6 Beyond the analogy: first-principles computation 246
  • 16 Geometrical Frustration and Marginal Constraint 255
  • / A.P. Ramirez 255
  • 16.2 Geometrical Frustration 256
  • 16.3 Ordinary water ice 259
  • 16.4 Spin ice in Pyrochlores 260
  • 16.5 Kagome-like systems 262
  • 16.6 Geometrical frustration in non-magnetic systems 264
  • 17 Olfaction and color vision: More is simpler 269
  • / J.J. Hopfield 269
  • 17.1 Color vision 270
  • 17.2 Olfaction 271
  • 17.3 Comparative problems of vision and olfaction 272
  • 17.4 Logarithmic distribution of odorant binding constants 272
  • 17.5 Odorant modeling 273
  • 17.6 Olfactory tasks in a least-squared error algorithm 275
  • 17.7 An approach through large-n 276
  • 17.8 On the large number n of cell types: More is simpler 280
  • 17.9 Separation of two unknown odors 281
  • 17.10 More is simpler 284
  • 18 Screening and giant charge inversion in electrolytes 285
  • / T.T. Nguyen, A. Yu. Grosberg, B.I. Shklovskii 285
  • 18.2 Screening of charged surface by spherical Z-ions 292
  • 18.3 Long charged rods as Z-ions 297
  • 19 Forest Fires and Luminous Matter in the Universe 301
  • / Per Bak, Kan Chen 301
  • 19.2 Forest Fire Model 303
  • 19.3 Scale-Dependent Dimension of Luminous Matter 306
  • 19.4 Forest fires and Measles 310
  • 20 Complexity in Cosmology 313
  • / L. Pietronero 313
  • 20.2 Fractal Structures and Self Organization 314
  • 20.3 Reconstructing the Puzzle 319
  • 20.3.1 Scaling Properties and Data Analysis 321
  • 20.3.2 Implications of fractal structure up to [lambda subscript 0] 324
  • 20.4 Fractal Cosmology in an Open Universe 326
  • 21 Statistical Physics and Computational Complexity 331
  • / S. Kirkpatrick, B. Selman 331
  • 21.2 Satisfiability and Hard-Problem Instances 332
  • 21.3 Connections to Statistical Physics 336
  • 21.4 A closer look at the phase transition 337
  • 21.5 Mixtures of 2-SAT and 3-SAT problems 339.